Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Parthenios: a river flowing through the middle of the city of the Amastrians. It was named because the maiden Artemis continually hunted around it, or because its current is gentle and maidenly: ‘flowing so softly, as a graceful maiden walks’. Some say that a maiden, the daughter of a king of old, fell into it; that she died there; and that the local people gave the river the name ‘Parthenios’ because of what happened to her. There is also a cape near Herakleia, which Artemidoros mentions in book 6 of his Geography. There is also Parthenia, a village near the Black Sea.
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Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.
…μέσῳ τῆς Ἀμαστριανῶν πόλεως ῥέων. ἐκλήθη δ´ ἐκ τοῦ συνεχῶς περὶ αὐτὸν τὴν παρθένον Ἄρτεμιν κυνηγετεῖν, ἢ διὰ τὸ ἠρεμαῖον καὶ παρθενῶδες τοῦ ῥεύματος “ὣς ἀκαλὰ προρέων, ὡς ἁβρὴ παρθένος εἶσιν”. τινὲς ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ ἔπεσεν ἡ παρθένος παλαιοῦ τινος βασιλέως θυγάτηρ· καὶ τὴν μὲν τελευτῆσαι ἐκεῖ, τῷ δὲ ποταμῷ Παρθένιον ὄνομα τοὺς προσχώρους θέσθαι ἐπὶ τῷ πάθει τῆς παρθένου. ἔστι καὶ ἀκρωτήριον πλησίον Ἡρακλείας, οὗ μέμνηται Ἀρτεμίδωρος ἐν ἕκτῳ γεωγραφουμένων. ἔστι καὶ Παρθενία κώμη Πόντου πλησίον.
…ἐν μέσῳ τῆς Ἀμαστριανῶν πόλεως ῥέων. ἐκλήθη δὲ ἐκ τοῦ συνεχῶς περὶ αὐτὸν τὴν παρθένον Ἄρτεμιν κυνηγετεῖν ἢ διὰ τὸ ἠρεμαῖον καὶ παρθενῶδες τοῦ ῥεύματος «ὡς ἀκαλὰ προρέων, ὡς ἁβρὴ παρθένος εἶσιν». τινὲς ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ ἔπεσεν παρθένος παλαιοῦ τινος βασιλέως θυγάτηρ· καὶ τὴν μὲν τελευτῆσαι ἐκεῖ, τῷ δὲ ποταμῷ Παρθένιον ὄνομα τοὺς προσχώρους θέσθαι ἐπὶ τῷ πάθει τῆς παρθένου. ἔστι καὶ ἀκρωτήριον πλησίον Ἡρακλείας, οὗ μέμνηται Ἀρτεμίδωρος ἐν ἕκτῳ γεωγραφουμένων. πυθμένιος, Λυκαόνιος, Μακεδόνιος, δαιμόνιος, Σαρπηδόνιος, Ζηράνιος ἔθνος Θρᾴκης. Θεόπομπος εἰκοστῷ πέμπτῳ. Ἀσκάνιος ποταμός. Εὐφορίων Χιλιάσι «καὶ Ψίλιν Ἀσκάνιόν τε Ναυαίθοιο». Βαρκάνιος ἔθνος τοῖς Ὑρκανοῖς ὅμορον. Τρα…